Shirō Moritani
- Directing
- September 28, 1931 · Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
- December 2, 1984
Biography
Shirō Moritani (森谷 司郎, Moritani Shirō, September 28, 1931 – December 2, 1984) was a film director and screenwriter from Japan. Born in Tokyo, he debuted as an assistant director in Akira Kurosawa's 1961 film Yojimbo. His film Mount Hakkoda won Mainichi Film Award for Excellence Film in 1978.
Known for
Filmography
- The Yoshida School · Writer, Director
- The Longest Tunnel · Screenplay, Producer
- Abandoned · Screenplay, Director
- The Revolt · Director
- Monument to Holy Service · Director
- Fushoku no kōzō · Director
- Mount Hakkoda · Director
- Tidal Wave · Director
- Submersion of Japan · Director
- The Origin of Twenty Years Old · Screenplay
- After School · Director
- First Love · Director, Writer
- Shadow of Love · Director
- Shiosai · Director
- Wakare no uta · Director
- Hajimete no Tabi · Director, Writer
- Take Care, Red Riding Hood · Writer, Director
- Bullet Wound · Director
- Futari no Koibito · Director
- My Brother, My Love · Director
- Judge and Jeopardy · Director
- Sodachi zakari · Director
- Zoku izuko e · Director
- Zero Fighter · Director
- Red Beard · Assistant Director
- The Sun is Calling You · Writer
- Interpol Code 8 · First Assistant Director
- High and Low · Assistant Director
- Yojimbo · Assistant Director
- The Bad Sleep Well · Assistant Director
- Adults Cannot Understand - Record of Youth · Writer